Managing Emotions in the Classroom From emotional outbursts to completely shutting down, unmanaged emotions can cause a lot of issues in the classroom. One of the best skills we can teach our students is how to regulate emotions! There are so many amazing coping skills out there, the earlier our ... Read More
3 Ways I Get My Students Excited for Opinion Writing
My students were SO DISGUSTED when they saw this picture of me eating bugs. I’m pretty sure one kid’s scream could be heard downstairs, ha! But...guess what? Every student was fully invested and WAITING for what I was about to say. When’s the last time your students were on the edge of their seats ... Read More
Community Building Classroom Activities for Back to School
Your students will love these 5 FRESH and FUN back-to-school GAMES! Try these back-to-school community-building classroom activities to easily start your year off on the right foot.Building a strong classroom community from the first day of school sets the tone for the rest of your year. Helping ... Read More
Back to School 2020- Helping Students Transition
Back to school 2020 is an unparalleled experience for most of us. How can we as teachers best help our students navigate the new schedules, expectations, and norms of school? - Whatever that will look like! Transitioning Back to School 2020Here are 10 simple ways we can help students feel safe, ... Read More
End of the School Year Celebration Ideas
Looking back on the relationships, growth, and memories from the year is what makes the last week of school so fun and meaningful. However, not wanting students to miss out on that, I've been coming up with fun end of the school year celebration ideas for distance learning!End of the Year ... Read More
Social-Emotional Activities for Home
Easily provide social-emotional activities for at-home distance learning with these fun ideas. Support students' emotional well-being digitally and non-digitally. In addition, this long list of options allows access to social-emotional support for ALL of your students!Social-Emotional Activities for ... Read More
